First Taste of Sin

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First Taste of Sin
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Studio album by
Cold Blood
Released1972
Recorded1972
Studio Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco & Los Angeles, California
Genre Soul Rock Jazz
Label Reprise
Producer Donny Hathaway
Cold Blood chronology
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(1971)		First Taste of Sin
(1972)		 Thriller
(1973)
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First Taste of Sin is the third album by the Oakland, California band Cold Blood. This album is noted for being produced by soul singer/musician Donny Hathaway. It also includes the original version of Hathaway's "Valdez in the Country", which Hathaway himself would record the next year for his 1973 album Extension of a Man .

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Visions" (Donny Baldwin, Boroquez) 3:23
  2. "Lo and Behold" (James Taylor) 4:12
  3. "Down to the Bone" (Danny Hull, Cecil Stoltie) 5:45
  4. "You Had To Know" (Donny Hathaway) 5:50
  5. "My Lady Woman" (Danny Hull, Cecil Stoltie) 4:04
  6. "No Way Home" (Danny Hull, Raul Matule) 3:25
  7. "Inside Your Soul" (Max Haskett) 3:28
  8. "All My Honey" (Danny Hull, Cecil Stoltie) 3:31
  9. "Valdez in the Country" (Donny Hathaway) 3:44

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Chart (1972)Peak
position
Billboard Pop Albums [2] 133

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References

  1. ↑ Collins, Paul. Cold Blood: First Taste of Sin > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Cold Blood US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
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